Mt. Fitzherbert

Potential ash hazards: Wind forecasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), coupled with eruption models, show that any ash clouds that rise above the crater rim today would drift principally to the east and southeast.

Recent observations: Skies around the volcano are mostly clear this morning, and atmospheric conditions are favorable for vapor condensation and formation of a visible plume rising from the new dome and perhaps above the crater rim. The volcano’s eruptive behavior remains quiescent and unchanged. The extruding new dome continues to move westward at a rate of about one meter per day, and very small earthquakes continue to occur roughly once each several minutes. Field crews plan to perform maintenance on camera and instrument sites today.

Current Eruption Images Update:

There have been no picture updates since April 4 simply because we have not gone in the field since April 4 ... the telemetered equipment is running smoothly, St. Helens is erupting smoothly, quite a few of the scientists are helping out at other volcanoes around the world, and helicopters don't come cheap to just fly out and "take a look"